<p>The UK Government continues to cooperate fully with the Operation Kenova investigation.
Funding for the investigation is a matter for the PSNI and the devolved Department
for Justice.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether
his Department's review of the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised
development considered compliance with the (a) the European Commission against Racism
and Intolerance, (b) the UN Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination, (c) the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, and (d) the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention
for the Protection of National Minorities.
<p>The Government considered its compliance with all its international commitments,
and its duties under the Equality Act 2010, in preparing the consultation on powers
for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, and in preparing its response.
The Government’s response to the consultation was published on 6 February, and includes
a range of measures to promote the provision of traveller sites, and sets out details
of wider support to improve outcomes for the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community.</p>
